Why the Propaganda Campaign for the COVID-19 Shots Matters Today With our expectations having dwindled for the ability of the COVID-19 vaccines to end the pandemic, and with growing unease surrounding their longterm side effects, those of us who got the shots are left with the consolation prize of having done the right thing. But rolling up our sleeves wasn’t…

Why we shouldn’t be having it and what it tells us — Warming up to Censorship As we learn more about the organized efforts to suppress counter-narratives during the COVID pandemic, we are becoming increasingly divided on the issue of free speech and its role in society. Some say censorship was a good thing, having been awakened to the fresh dangers of loose words left unchecked. …

The battlefield is still warm, following Canada’s war on the unvaccinated. The mandates have let up, and both sides stumble back into something that looks like the old normal — except that there is a fresh and present injury done to the people we tried to break. And no one…

Feeling the fuzzies Our first lockdown was like a great war effort. It was the closest we’ve come to the home-front experience of the World Wars, when people set aside every selfish thought in favor of the collective wellbeing. We ground our lives to a halt in a powerful rebuke against an emerging…

The old saying is particularly true when it comes to movies, that art imitates life, which imitates art. In other words, cinema has a unique ability to represent reality in a way that influences the viewer more powerfully than any other medium. Jaws made people afraid to swim in the…

My name is Susan Dunham, and I have been writing about the pandemic and its social effect since 2020. The following is my submission to the Public Order Emergency Commission: I did not attend the Ottawa protest, but as an unvaccinated Canadian, I was heartened that our country pulled off…

And That’s a Big Problem… This article was first published on Instagram on March 6 The canadian province of Ontario no longer requires restaurants, gyms, and public venues to screen customers for vaccination status. Nevertheless, many businesses proudly continue to demand proof that customers and guests are fully vaccinated. While…

The Dark Side of an Easy Ask This article was first published on Instagram on April 2, twelve days after Ontario lifted its mask mandate. Even though masking is no longer mandated in Ontario, some businesses choose still to enforce it, believing that the smallest safety benefit is worth the…

By Susan Dunham. IG:@susankaydunham There is a grave misconception that restrictions are ending because they did their job. After two long years, we finally coerced enough jabs, masked enough people, and closed enough businesses that the science is granting us a reprieve. But if the science deserves any credit, it’s…